I'm not a huge naturalist/hippie, but damn that shit sounds extremely toxic and I wouldn't want that crap anywhere near me, especially on my pants or around my dick. I know it's apparently that stuff or bloodsucking hell spawns on your body, but damn that is a tough call. I mean if they die crawling on your pants that means that chemical is on your body and you're breathing it too.

One of the best little known secrets about Colorado is we have virtually zero annoying bugs, pretty much no roaches, chiggers, mosquitoes, fleas, and very few ticks. Donk fans suck the big one, but I hike/camp/mtn bike extensively and don't recall ever having a tick on me in 15+ years here.

Solution: don't live in the Midwest?

I don't even know what a tick is.